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$500,000 in bitcoin paid to Maui ransomware gang recovered by FBI

$500,000 in bitcoin, intended for North Korean ransomware hackers was seized by the FBI yesterday

Bitcoin worth $500,000 paid to cyber actors from North Korea was intercepted by the FBI, the agency said yesterday in a statement. Since the beginning of July, the FBI and CISA have focused on c...

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